Boords Agent

Boords Agent is an AI assistant built into the storyboard editor. It sits in a chat panel beside your board, understands the storyboard you have open, and can build it out for you. Describe what you are storyboarding and it roughs out the frames. Ask it to add a scene, generate images, import a script, or tighten your pacing, and it does the work in the board while you watch.

Agent already knows your storyboard's title, frame count, and the content of each frame, so you never have to copy and paste your board into a chat window. Agent is currently in beta. This guide covers how to turn it on, what it can do, and how to get the best results.

Turning on Boords Agent

Agent is a beta feature that a team admin enables for the whole team.

1. Go to Team settings and open Enable AI tools.
2. Switch on Enable Boords Agent.

Once it is on, open any storyboard and look for the Agent tab (the robot icon) in the right-hand sidebar. On an empty storyboard, an Agent prompt also appears in the middle of the canvas so you can start building straight away.

Starting a conversation

Open the Agent tab, type into the message box at the bottom, and press Send or Cmd+Enter (Ctrl+Enter on Windows). Agent replies in real time and does the work directly in your board.

On a new, empty storyboard, the Agent prompt offers a few quick ways to start:

• Add frames sets up a request to rough out a handful of frames.
• Import script lets you attach a script file to turn into a storyboard.
• Upload images turns images from your device into frames.
• See what's possible asks Agent what it can do.

What Agent can do

Build and edit your storyboard

Ask Agent in plain English and it makes the change in your board:

• Rough out a whole storyboard from a description of what you are shooting.
• Add, edit, reorder, and delete frames.
• Fill in frame fields such as action and dialogue.
• Rename the storyboard, set frame statuses, change the aspect ratio, and update sharing settings.

Anything that cannot be undone easily, such as deleting a frame or changing the aspect ratio when frames already have images, pauses for your approval first. See Approvals below.

Generate and restyle images

Agent can create and change frame images for you:

• Generate a new image for a frame from a prompt.
• Restyle an existing image into a different look.
• Reframe a shot to a new angle.
• Generate several images at once for different frames.

Image generation works the same way as the Generate sidebar and uses the same image credits. For the full picture on prompting, references, and styles, see Generating images and Styles & restyling.

Bring in your own material

• Import a script. Attach a PDF, TXT, Markdown, HTML, or CSV file and Agent turns it into frames. For long screenplays, Agent shows you the scenes it found and asks which range to import before it adds anything.
• Turn images into a storyboard. Upload images and Agent builds frames around them.
• Read a webpage. Paste a public web address into your message and Agent can read that exact page to inform what it creates. It only reads links you paste, and if it cannot read a page it will ask you to paste or upload the material instead.

Manage versions and downloads

• Create a new version of the storyboard as a revision checkpoint.
• Duplicate the storyboard into an independent copy.
• Switch between existing versions.
• Prepare a ZIP of every image in the storyboard to download. Downloading images does not use any image credits.

Manage your team

If you are a team admin or manager, Agent can also help you run your team: invite teammates, change roles, and grant or remove project access. These options are only available to admins and managers. Everyone else gets the storyboard and image tools.

Attaching files, images, and links

Use the paperclip button below the message box to attach material to your request. You can:

• Add images or script files from your device.
• Choose existing images from your Assets or Frames in the picker, which stays open so you can pick several.
• Paste an image straight into the message box with Cmd+V (Ctrl+V on Windows).

You can also dictate your message instead of typing it, using the voice button in the composer.

Keeping characters and scenes consistent

Agent does not automatically remember what your other frames look like. To carry a character, location, or prop from one frame to the next, attach a reference image, either an existing frame, an uploaded asset, or an image Agent generated earlier. If you ask for a set of matching images, Agent will usually generate the first one, then use it as the reference for the rest.

When there is no reference to work from and the look is ambiguous, Agent will ask a quick question rather than guess. For imported scripts, Cast Integration remains the most reliable way to keep the same characters across a whole board.

Approvals

Some actions are hard to undo, so Agent asks before it runs them. When this happens, you will see Approve and Deny buttons in the chat instead of having to type a confirmation. Approving runs the action, denying skips it.

Actions that ask first include deleting a frame, changing the aspect ratio when frames already have images, creating a version, duplicating the storyboard, and, for admins, removing a teammate or sending and revoking invitations.

You can also stop Agent at any time while it is working by clicking Stop.

Chats, history, and custom instructions

• Multiple chats. Use the pen button in the panel header to start a fresh chat, and the history button to switch between, rename, or delete past chats. Chat history is saved and stays with the storyboard, and it is shared across every version of that storyboard.
• Custom instructions. Use the settings icon in the panel header to open a box where you can give Agent standing instructions for this storyboard, such as a house style or a persona to write in. Agent applies them on every message.

Credits and plans

Agent uses your normal Boords image credits when it generates or restyles images. Preview variations are free, and a credit is used when an image is inserted into a frame. Your monthly allowance depends on your plan. Preparing an image download does not use credits. For allowances and upgrades, see Billing & plans. If you ask Agent about pricing or plans, it will point you to the right place to compare and upgrade.

Tips for better results

• Be specific about what you want. "Add a wide establishing shot of a rainy city street at night" beats "add a frame".
• Attach a reference image whenever a character or location needs to stay consistent.
• Review each frame before approving anything that replaces or deletes existing work.
• Pick a style early so new images match the rest of your board.